host: i want to get in mary from kansas city on the republican line. caller: i just happen to teach in different schools as a substitute. i hear children all the time telling me what i tell them that you have to do this or that and they say why, and i say, because you want to go to college, don't you? oh, well, it will matter if i go to college. i will get taken care of any way. it will not matter if i have a good job or do not have a good job. i will be taken care of any way. guest: taking care of by welfare programs or what? host: i think we lost mary there. go ahead. guest: in almost every case, college is a really good investment. in fact, there is a piece coming in the future that talks about that. there has been a lot of talk about the high cost of tuition, and in some cases it is very high. but for most people, particularly in lower and middle income crosses, even if you have to go into debt to get a college education, even fairly significant debt, the return on investment will pay off many times over and you will end up with a better job, bette